Molecular identification of a Cryptosporidium saurophilum from corn snake (Elaphe guttata guttata)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1141-1145

  Plutzer, Judit ^a   Karanis, Panagiotis ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SAUROPHILUM; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SNAKE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SAUROPHILUM; ELAPHE GUTTATA GUTTATA; PANTHEROPHIS GUTTATUS;

EID: 34547736565     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0569-9     Document Type: Article

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